Silence not enabling on focus mode

My work focus mode recently stopped enabling silence on my iPhone 17 Pro. It used to work fine. When I arrive at my work location, it turned my phone on silent mode. Randomly it stopped working a few weeks ago. It enables the work focus mode when I arrive but doesn't silence.

I tried restarting, making sure my software is up to date, even deleting that focus mode and creating a new one. After I did the last step it worked once. But today when I arrived at work, Work Focus enabled but didn't silence my phone. Please help!

Posted on Feb 18, 2026 6:37 AM

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Feb 21, 2026 2:11 AM in response to notyouraveragewhitechick

Please look at your settings...


Repeated Calls: If someone calls you twice within three minutes, the second call isn't silenced.

Please see the pic below which is self-explanatory


  • You have allowed certain notifications to bypass Do Not Disturb. By default, phone calls, text messages, and FaceTime calls will still ring or vibrate when Do Not Disturb is on. However, you can also allow other notifications to bypass Do Not Disturb by going to Settings > Focus> Do Not Disturb > Allow Notifications and selecting the apps and contacts that you want to be able to notify you even when Do Not Disturb is turned on.
  • You have enabled System Haptics. System Haptics provides haptic feedback for certain actions, such as when you touch and hold an app icon or scroll through a list. Even if Do Not Disturb is on, your iPhone will still vibrate for System Haptics if you have enabled it. To disable System Haptics, go to Settings > Sounds & Haptics and turn off System Haptics.


Silence not enabling on focus mode

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